Radiator.



PATBNTED JAN. 20, 1903. v

A. G. BAYLES.

' RADIATOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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ALFRED G. BAYLES, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JULIUS UNTERMANN, OF NEW YORK.

RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,898, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed May 23,1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. BAYLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Radiator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to radiators in which gas or oil is used as a fuel, and has for its objects, first, to retard the flow of heat upward and to distribute it through the lower part of the room; second, to produce the maximum amount of heat with the least'possible consumption of fuel, and, third, to insure heating the radiator quickly and distributing the heat through the room in a very short space of time.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a radiator constructed according to my invention, a part being broken away to show the construction; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View showing a plan view of one of the plates.

In the accompanying drawings like numerals of reference refer to the same parts in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention 1 mount in the top of an ordinary gas or oil burning radiator5 a plurality of plates 6, which are made large enough so that but a small space is left between the edges of the plates and the inner walls of the radiator-tubes 7, and the edges of the plates are preferably serrated or provided with teeth 8, for reasons hereinafter explained. In mounting these plates within the radiatortubes I prefer to provide a bar 9, to which is secured a plurality of rods 10, and the plates 6 are provided with perforations centrally thereof, so that the plates may be readily strung on the rods, and the plates are separated from each other by collars or sleeves 11, and a nut 12 may be used to secure them all in position. The plates 6 are mounted a sufficient distance apart so that with the radiator-tubes a plurality of heat-chambers are formed, with the plates forming the top and bottom of each chamber, and in practice I derial No 108,675. (No model) pass unretarded out at the top of the tubes the heat is checked and reflected back by the se-' ries of plates at the top of each tube. The air and gases of combustion in the lower part of the tubes become highly heated, the fuel-supply tubes become heated, thereby heating the fuel, which is expanded, and the flow of the same through the burners is not only retarded thereby, but is made more suitable for combustion. Furthermore, the heat is concentrated in the lower part of the radiator-tubes, and the lower part of the room is heated instead of allowing the heat to escape to the upper part of the room, where it is not needed so much. The plates 6 not only serve to reflect back the heat to the lower part of the tubes, but they themselves become highly heated and form a large radiating-surface for the distribution of heat. The heating of the plates is facilitated by providing the teeth 8 at the edge of each plate. As the heat flows up the tubes around the edges of the plates and as the teeth are in the direct channel of the heat, they become heated more quickly than the edge of the plate would if unbroken by the serrations, and as the teeth become heated the heat is radiated to the plates, thereby heating the plates more quickly. a B y placing the plates some distance apart the spaces between the plates form small heat-chambers in which there is only a slight circulation of air, as the heated air flows walls of these chambers they are more highly heated and heat is radiated laterally from these tubes through the rooms.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the objects of my invention in a simple and efficient manner, and it is evident that many changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention, such as providing other means to hold the plates in the top of the radiatortubes and of holding them at the desired distance apart and in omitting the teeth at the edges of the plates, and I reserve the right to make all such changes.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A radiator for burning gas or oil comprising tubes inclosing the burners, and a plurality of plates mounted transversely in the top of each tube, said plates being provided with serrated edges, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A radiatorfor burning gas or oil comprising tubes inclosing the burners, and a plurality of plates mounted in the top of each tube, said plates being separated from each other whereby a plurality of heat-chambers are formed,and the edges of said plates being provided with teeth, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A radiator for gas or oil comprising tubes inclosing the burners, a bar mounted on the top of the same, rods extending part way down each tube from said bar, plates mounted on said rods, collars, or sleeves separating said plates, and a nut for securing the same together, said plates being provided with teeth, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A radiator for burning gas or oil comprising a series of tubes inclosing the burners, a plurality of plates suspended centrally and transversely of the top of each tube, and a bar extending across the top of said tubes and sustaining the plates in each tube, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A baffleplate mounted in a heat passageway, said plate having toothed edges, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED G. BAYLES.

Witnesses: I

R. H. VANDERBROOK, G. P. VAN WYE. 

